Illustration: taraiさん https://piapro.jp/t/v_yk ‘Can you see yourself in my eyes?’ In a quiet voice you remark Under your long lashes Lies the water still and dark Tears flow in the form of waves My reflection is breaking apart From over the curtain of jade, Night is falling to your heart Together with the afterglow I drink the water of your eyes Merging into the vaporous days, I dream a dream of skies I become a bird there And fly in the darkened hours To the ocean you have crossed Nothing can be heard here But the sparkle of falling stars They light what you have lost I see in your eyes clear myself Amongst the lashes of balustrades When our depths get upset once, Then it swiftly fades Comes later and later your voice It’s getting out of sync with your lips The pupils, sinking deep, Blackened like the moon in eclipse From flooding pictures in my head I scoop the lustre of your eyes Rocking is my boat on your tears Now it will capsize Drifted wrecks of your dream By the tears swelling from inside Wearing nacre almost broken, I become a dolphin And go up against the tide To reach you again